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As noted in Step 6, not all the parts of the photo on images 1 and 6 were recognized as image objects of type Picture. To get a full photo, the program needs to find all the types of Image Object located in the photo area. For convenience, group all the photo elements into one compound Photo element. This also limits the number of hypotheses formulated.

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Contents of the Photo Group element

Screenshot of the FlexiLayout tree in ABBYY FlexiLayout Studio showing the compound Photo Group element that contains the PhotoPicture, PhotoHeader, and four separator elements.
The Photo Group element includes:
  • A PhotoPicture element of type Object Collection corresponding to the photo.
  • A PhotoHeader element of type Static Text corresponding to the name YOUR PHOTO IN FANCY DRESS.
  • Four separators around the photo that are required to find the PhotoPicture element.

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Create the field name element

Because the name YOUR PHOTO IN FANCY DRESS occurs nowhere else in the document, add the corresponding element to the Group element first and use it to locate the separators.
1

Create a Static Text element

Name it PhotoHeader.
2

Set the element properties

Use the same settings as the other field names.
Try matching the FlexiLayout with the images. You will see that the program reliably detects the name on all the images.

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Create the separator elements

Create Separator elements for the four separators around the photo and give them the following names: On the Separator tab in the Properties dialog box, specify the orientation of each of the four separators (Vertical or Horizontal). Do not change the other properties.
Screenshot of the Separator tab of a separator element's properties in ABBYY FlexiLayout Studio where the orientation of each of the four separators around the photo is set to Vertical or Horizontal.

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Specify the search areas for the separators

Now use the test images to specify the search area for each of the separators.

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Upper separator (USeparator element)

  • Below the photo caption but not farther than 100 dots from its top boundary (Below the PhotoHeader element and Above the PhotoHeader, Offset = -100).
  • Within the area that is not longer than the caption by more than 80 dots on each side (Left of the right boundary of the PhotoHeader element, Offset = -80, Reference boundary = right, and Right of the left boundary of the PhotoHeader element, Offset = -80, Reference boundary = left).

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Lower separator (BSeparator element)

  • Below the name of the NAME field (Below the NameHeader element).
  • Above the bottom of IdentityNumber (Above the IdentityNumber element, ElementBoundary = bottom).
  • Within the area that is not longer than the name by more than 80 dots on each side (Left of the right boundary of the PhotoHeader element, Offset = -80, Reference boundary = right, and Right of the left boundary of the PhotoHeader element, Offset = -80, Reference boundary = left).

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Left separator (LSeparator element)

  • Within the area that is not wider than the distance between the upper and lower separators by more than 50 dots on each side (Below the USeparator element, Offset = -50, and Above the BSeparator element, Offset = -50).
  • No farther than 40 dots from the left boundary of the upper separator (Right of the left boundary of the USeparator element, Offset = -20, Reference boundary = left, and Left of the left boundary of the USeparator element, Offset = -20, Reference boundary = left).

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Right separator (RSeparator element)

  • Within the area that is not wider than the distance between the upper and lower separators by more than 50 dots on each side (Below the USeparator element, Offset = -50, and Above the BSeparator element, Offset = -50).
  • No farther than 40 dots from the right boundary of the upper separator (Right of the right boundary of the USeparator element, Offset = -20, Reference boundary = right, and Left of the right boundary of the USeparator element, Offset = -20, Reference boundary = right).
Now, if you try matching the FlexiLayout with the images, you will see that the program can detect these areas. In the Tree of Hypotheses, right-click a hypothesis and select Show Search Area on the shortcut menu. If the search criteria are wrong and the program fails to locate the search area properly, you notice this immediately. You might also see that even the search area of a correct hypothesis needs some adjustment. For example, it might be too small. The maximum size of all the separators was detected by trial and error while studying the properties of Separator objects during pre-recognition.

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Describe the YOUR PHOTO IN FANCY DRESS field

1

Create an Object Collection element

Name it PhotoPicture.
2

Specify the search area on the Relations tab

On the Relations tab, specify the search area for the PhotoPicture element:
  • Below the upper separator (Below the USeparator element).
  • Above the lower separator (Above the BSeparator element).
  • To the right of the left separator (Right of the LSeparator element).
  • To the left of the right separator (Left of the RSeparator element).
Finally, create the PhotoPicture block and specify the PhotoPicture element as the source element.